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An AI-generated illustration shows workers in protective gear overseeing large-scale tuberculosis (TB) vaccine manufacturing at a modern pharmaceutical plant in India Pune: Serum Institute of India (SII) and Gates Medical Research Institute (Gates MRI) have entered an agreement to manufacture M72/AS01E, a novel tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate.The clinical trial of the vaccine candidate is in…

Devendra Fadnavis, Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare, Sunetra Pawar PUNE: The recent meeting of NCP working president Praful Patel and state president Sunil Tatkare with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis without the knowledge of the party chief, Sunetra Pawar, has triggered speculations of a rift in the outfit’s top brass.Patel and Tatkare visited chief minister’s official residence,…

Former MLA and Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Dhangekar PUNE: Former MLA and Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Dhangekar, his wife, and 12 others have been booked in connection with the alleged suicide of a 65-year-old contractor in Pune, police said. The deceased, identified as Khalil Shaikh, allegedly died by suicide at his residence in the Gultekdi…

A court in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Thursday extended the judicial custody of Siya Goyal and her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary, by another 14 days PUNE: A court in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Thursday extended the judicial custody of Siya Goyal and her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary, by another 14 days in connection with the…

Pune: Maharashtra’s classrooms are still grappling with some of the most basic facilities despite hosting country’s second-largest school enrolments at 2.16 crore students. Fresh UDISE Plus 2025-26 data shows that more than 9,900 schools across the state continue to lack functional toilets for girls and boys, exposing a stark gap between infrastructure claimed on paper…

PUNE: National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) said a builder’s failure to complete the project and deliver possession within a reasonable period “clearly amounted to deficiency in service and unfair trade practice”.“A homebuyer cannot be compelled to wait indefinitely for possession and, in case of an inordinate delay in completion of the project, the consumer…

ARAI Director Reji Mathai Pune: India’s automobile sector is undergoing a major technological shift, and while manufacturers are continuously improving production processes, the industry remains ill-prepared to tackle cybersecurity threats, Reji Mathai, director of Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), informed.“This area has largely remained untouched. Companies have always faced certain attacks on their processes,…

Pune: A power failure at the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) data centre during heavy rain on July 6 triggered a major disruption to the civic body’s digital services, with some operations still affected 10 days later.While most public-facing services have been restored, work to revive the remaining systems…

​Sharad Pawar, Sunetra Pawar PUNE: Unease has surfaced in NCP following indications of Sharad Pawar’s NCP (SP) tilting towards NDA.“If Pawar’s party joins NDA, the political equations will drastically change more in the state than the country. Some MLAs are sceptical about the party losing its importance if NCP (SP) overpowers it after joining the…

Accused in the Ketan Agarwal murder case Siya Goyal being taken to court from Vadgaon Maval police station Pune: A Wadgaon Maval court on Thursday extended the judicial custody of Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary till July 29.Goyal and Chaudhary were arrested for allegedly murdering Goyal’s fiancé, Ketan Agarwal, by pushing him off a cliff…